1800 President John Adams moves in becoming 1st resident of the Executive Mansion; later named the White House

1897 Library of Congress moved to its own building

1911 Aerial bomb dropped from aircraft in battle for 1st time; used in Libya during Italo-Turkish War

1922 Ottoman Empire ends as Turkish National Assembly abolishes the Sultanate; Grand Sultan Mehmed VI Vahid ed-din, Emperor of the Ottomans, Commander of the Faithful and Successor of the Prophet of the Universe goes into exile

1943 Marines land on Bouganville in Solomon Islands while U.S. carriers strike Japanese base at Rabaul